An elderly woman is in critical condition after being hit in a downtown intersection on Thursday night.
According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of 5th and Wilshire at about 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 24 for a report of a vechile hitting a pedestrian.
The preliminary investigation indicates that an 82-year-old woman was walking southbound in the marked crosswalk on the east side of the intersection when she was struck by a vehicle turning left from southbound 5th Street onto eastbound Wilshire Boulevard.
Officials said the Santa Monica Fire Department transported the woman to a local hospital, where she remains in critical condition. Witnesses at the scene had said the driver left but SMPD said the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
The collision remains under investigation.